Help Wanted Now

Adventurous people needed to complete historic Buddhist momuments:

Heavy Construction, Bronze Casting and Metal Finishing,
Landscaping, Sewing, Book Production, Electroless Nickel and Gold
Plating. 

The Odiyan Center is seeking volunteers for a large-scale sacred
art and text preservation project. Cast bronze statues of sacred
figures within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition ranging from 3 to
36 inches tall. Help construct Cintamani Temple: positions are
available for those with or willing to learn masonry and 
construction skills. Landscaping needs include large-tree
planting, orchard pruning and maintenance of 125 acres of parks
and gardens. Join our community’s efforts to continue a 20-year
project: preserving sacred Tibetan texts. Or put your love of 
fabric to a meritorious use: sew sacred Buddhist images in cloth. 
 
Learn new skills or share your own experience!
 
• Bronze Casting and Metal Finishing: Lost wax and sand casting
methods, welding and metal finishing. Professional foundry
on-site. Electroless nickel and gold plating facility. 
 
• Construction: Unique 125 ft. temple structure  - Steel
fabrication. Concrete work including poured-in-place, masonry,
and pre-cast. Granite fabrication and installation. Heavy
equipment operation and maintenance. Electrical, plumbing, 
heating and ventilation work.

• Landscaping: our grounds needs are not for the faint of heart:
the property at Odiyan extends over 1000 acres, with 125 acres of
parks, gardens, flower beds, fruit orchards and grass. For those
with a serious love of the outdoors, willingness to work
independently and a strong back. 

• Book Production: Half of the community at Odiyan is busy with
construction projects in our efforts to preserve sacred Tibetan
art, while the other half works diligently to preserve the
incredibly precious texts. Our team of printers, folder 
operators and bindery workers is kept busy all year long in the
huge effort of reproducing hundreds of thousands of books each
year that are given away annually at the World Peace Ceremony in
Bodhgaya India.

• Sewing: one traditional aspect of Tibetan Buddhism is the use
of cloth as ornamentation and for prayers. The property at Odiyan
is alive with huge colorful prayer flags, screenprinted and sewn
on-site. Banners, picture frames and clothing are just a few of
the other things that are being stitched. A huge project is about
to begin: sewing 250,000 beautiful pieces to go along with our
annual shipment of books to Bodhgaya India.

Gain practical, hands-on experience while living in beautiful, 
rural coastal Northern California amongst a caring, supportive 
community that fosters inner growth. No religious affiliation
necessary. 
 
Other community activities include cooking, gardening, building
maintenance, optional classes and discussions. 
 
Challenging, meaningful work. Room, board, stipend, and 
training provided. Six-month minimum commitment with exceptions 
possible for skilled professionals. Visit www.odiyan.org to see 
photographs.  Send an email to vols@mcn.org for an application
and more information.  Please do not send resumes.